LOL! Noted. -- dawn im: realrainmaker
skype: unitedcommunityventurepartners -- ...sent from my iPod Touch via wifi ;- ) On Oct 10, 2008, at 12:19 PM, "Tara Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing I would love to 'regulate' is that coworking does not have > a hyphen. ;) Just a joke, but I do try to correct ppl when possible > - especially reporters. Not that I'm the queen of naming or > anything. It's just consistent. :) > > T > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 6:47 AM, Dawn Hayes > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't have any exclusive vision on geographic locations, keeping > in mind that this list is global and I'd love to be able to dialog > and interact more with those outside of U.S. borders. Cross-border > interaction is key to anything fostering collaboration (in my > opinion) and by cross-border I mean it in the widest sense: from > Philly to Seattle, Rochester to East London or Miami to Goa (India). > > If the usual suspects are the first to show up, great. If others get > involved from the start, even better. There's always got to be a > place to begin with, no? In fact, it seems that there are a few > regular voices on this list and some of their thoughts have clearly > drawn in others to connect that might usually stick to quiet > observation (that's usually me, really!). > > I believe Co-working is shaped by the vision and efforts of its > actors at large and will maintain that as I develop initiatives > directly in line with it or at least parallel to it. With that said, > I am less interested in fussing over titles, catch-phrases and > whether something is actually "Co-working" or not. I'm much more > interested in the results of folks working together (or not) to > benefit their communities, whether it is simply providing a good > space to work from or a bit more. > > d > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > I'm with Tony, Alex and Tara (nothing new there) on the first reaction > to Karen's post, starfish please. The parallel services approach seems > interesting though and Karen's precisions do seem more in line with my > thinking than the original understanding I had. > > As for the potential non profit and the salon, I'd like to remind > everyone that although people from spaces in the US are VASTLY more > numerous and active here, this is still an international movement and > non profits based in the US and salons held there are either > (depending on structure) not useful (different laws/requirements and > such) for others and wayyy more expensive to get to. The salon idea is > interesting but will gather largely the same few people who are > already traveling a lot and can match their travels with meetings or > travel on points or whatever. I don't mind per se, I'll use the stream > and keep an eye on northeast action in case I can make it but I just > thought I'd throw it in there to keep in the back of your mind ;). > > In the same vein, I'd encourage international coworking spaces to pipe > up more often on the list, I know for those on different timezones on > other continents it might feel like the discussion is over and > everything's been said by the time you get to the messages but please, > throw in your opinions and "votes" more often. > > > Patrick > station-c.com > > > > > -- > > > "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but we are > spiritual beings having a human experience."--Pierre Teilhard de > Chardin > > > > > > > > -- > -- > tara 'missrogue' hunt > > Book: The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to > Build Your Business > (http://www.amazon.com/Whuffie-Factor-Capital-Winning-Communities/dp/0307409503?ie=UTF8 > > ) > Company: Citizen Agency (http://www.citizenagency.com) > Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://www.horsepigcow.com) > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue > phone: 415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
